Pitches like ace in rout

Credit: Alan Diaz

STARTS AT THE TOP: Mike Aviles (right) gets congratulations from Red Sox teammate Dustin Pedroia after scoring in the third inning of last night’s game in Miami.

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MIAMI — After the fifth inning last night, Jarrod Saltalamacchia no longer could keep the thought from crawling into his head.

Felix Doubront might throw a no-hitter.

Sounds premature, right? After all, Doubront still had another four innings to go against a Miami Marlins lineup that features Jose Reyes and Hanley Ramirez, to say nothing of young slugger Giancarlo Stanton.

But the Red Sox left-hander’s stuff was so dominant that Saltalamacchia believed.

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